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Age-Friendly Healthcare: Mentation


Emily Trittschuh, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Washington

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

GRECC Neuropsychologist



Learning Objectives

By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:

  1. Review critical aspects of Mentation as one of the four Ms of Age-Friendly Healthcare
  2. Characterize dementia, delirium, and depression,
  3. Identify key similarities and differences between these clinical syndromes,
  4. Recognize warning signs and initiate diagnostic work-up

[From the Winter 2025 Dementia Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series]